Well, thank goodness for that! Last weekend Jas and I finished the last of our outdoor projects. We built the flower boxes for the front entry. Originally, we had planned to make tiered boxes that sat inside the corners of the front steps. But that turned out to be a wee bit complicated, so I had picked out a large planter box style instead. These would have cost us a fortune to purchase, but luckily Jas can build pretty much anything. After I told him what I was envisioning he drew it out, we picked up the necessary material at Lowe’s, and we got to work. I think they turned out fantastic!
The boxes are about two feet x two feet, which is pretty massive. Luckily I found some ornamental grass that reminded us of our Barefoot Cottage in Florida (these grasses were a big part of the landscaping down there) to give some height to the middle. Then I went with petunias around the perimeter for a nice pop of color. As soon as those petunias drape over the side in a few weeks they’re going to look absolutely perfect! I added a couple of birdhouses to the front (the one on the right my cousin Laura made – isn’t it awesome?) and it turned out great.
Amazingly, this was an easy and inexpensive project, which was a nice way to wind down our spring of building projects. So let’s recap the last few months, shall we? We went from this bare backyard . . .
to a 10’ x 16’ deck
and a 10’ x 12’ storage shed with ramp for the lawnmower
and the three-sided front entry
and the landscaping
and finished with the flower boxes.
It has been a long few months filled with weekend after weekend of back-breaking work. But you know what? As usual it feels so awesome to know we’ve done it all ourselves. We didn’t have to pay lots of money to have someone else create what we wanted. And at the end of that day, that just feels wonderful. We may be tired and sore, but there is an amazing sense of pride in our accomplishments. And we wouldn’t have it any other way.
